Logan Ndenbe scored in the first half and Daniel Salloi added one in the second as Sporting Kansas City defeated St. Louis City SC 2-1 in the second match of their first-round MLS Cup Playoff series on Sunday night at Children’s Mercy Park. Eighth-seeded Sporting KC swept the best-of-three series and will advance to play
Month: November 2023
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 5, 2023, 06:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti denied that Real Madrid are over-reliant on Jude Bellingham‘s goals after the team was held to a 0-0 draw by Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga on Sunday. The goalless draw at the Santiago Bernabeu was the first time this season that
Sophie Lawson Nov 5, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Moments after Chelsea‘s emphatic 6-0 Women’s Super League (WSL) win at Aston Villa, the club announced that manager Emma Hayes would leave at the end of season. ESPN sources have confirmed she is now set to take the United States job, and those unaware
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 5, 2023, 08:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Marcelo has said that winning the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense is more “important” to him than any of the five Champions League trophies he won with Real Madrid after the Brazilian club’s win over Boca Juniors on Saturday. The left-back played 80
Nov 5, 2023, 01:56 PM ET Luis Díaz made an extraordinary return for Liverpool as he scored a 95th minute equaliser as his team drew 1-1 with Luton Town in the Premier League while awaiting the promised release of his kidnapped father by Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas on Sunday. After scoring his late
Nottingham Forest snapped a six-match winless run to beat Aston Villa 2-0 in a Premier League Midlands derby on Sunday, denying the visitors a top-four spot after Ola Aina and Orel Mangala scored goals from outside the box. The defeat ended Villa’s six-match unbeaten run and left Unai Emery’s side in fifth place, five points
Nov 5, 2023, 09:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal said they “wholeheartedly support” manager Mikel Arteta after he criticised the officiating in Saturday’s Premier League defeat by Newcastle United, imploring the referees body (PGMOL) to look into the standards of refereeing. Arteta said he felt “embarrassed” and “sick” after Anthony Gordon‘s controversial goal in
Nov 5, 2023, 06:41 AM ET Newcastle United have condemned racist abuse sent to Bruno Guimarães and Joe Willock on social media following Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League. “Our message is clear. There is no room for racism in football or society,” the club said in a statement. “We are providing
Nov 5, 2023, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Celta Vigo captain Iago Aspas threw the pitchside VAR monitor to the ground after the on-field referee had used it to overturn a late penalty decision that had been awarded in Celta’s favour during their 1-1 draw with Sevilla in LaLiga on Saturday. Aspas had been
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentNov 4, 2023, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag has responded to criticism of his captain Bruno Fernandes by insisting he’s happy with his choice after the midfielder scored a vital winner for Manchester United against Fulham. Ten Hag has faced calls from former players including Roy Keane to strip
Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erling Haaland was substituted at half-time in Manchester City‘s 6-1 win against Bournemouth on Saturday after twisting an ankle. City manager Pep Guardiola said he withdrew the striker as a precaution, but it was too soon to tell if Haaland would be available for
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 4, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid have denied holding talks with Kylian Mbappé over a move for the Paris Saint-Germain forward next summer. The LaLiga club called reports that negotiations have taken place “absolutely false” in a statement released on Saturday. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
Junior Moreno scored in the 10th round of the shootout and Roman Celentano followed with the match-ending save as FC Cincinnati prevailed over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night in Harrison, New Jersey, to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. The two sides played to a 1-1 tie in regulation before FC Cincinnati
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Nov 4, 2023, 07:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández labelled Barcelona‘s performance against Real Sociedad as unacceptable and blamed it on an El Clásico hangover despite coming away with a 1-0 win from the Reale Arena. Ronald Araújo headed in the only goal of the game in the 92nd
Nov 4, 2023, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Another weekend of European football provided plenty of drama, excitement and goals. If you checked the box scores, you’d think there were few surprises as the weekend’s action got underway, but those full-time figures tell only half the story. On Saturday, Harry Kane starred for Bayern
John Kennedy, a 21-year-old striker with many ups and downs in his short career, scored the winning goal on Saturday to give Brazil’s Fluminense their maiden Copa Libertadores title against Boca Juniors. Substitute Kennedy netted Fluminense’s second in their 2-1 victory against the Argentinians at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in the ninth
Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta said Anthony Gordon‘s winning goal in Newcastle United’s 1-0 win against Arsenal was an “absolute disgrace” and “embarrassing” for the Premier League. Gordon’s 64th minute goal was awarded by referee Stuart Attwell after three separate VAR checks to assess whether the ball had gone out of play, if Joelinton had
Newcastle United gave Arsenal their first Premier League defeat of the season with an impassioned 1-0 victory on Saturday, thanks to a controversial second-half goal by Anthony Gordon at a rain-lashed St. James’ Park. Eddie Howe’s Magpies, who are unbeaten in their last seven league outings, climbed to sixth in the table on 20 points
Harry Kane marked his first appearance in Der Klassiker in trademark fashion with a hat-trick to take his Bundesliga goal total to 15 in 10 games as Bayern Munich thrashed Borussia Dortmund 4-0 away on Saturday. The England striker slotted in from close range after nine minutes after Dayot Upamecano had headed a fast-starting Bayern
Manchester United relieved some of the pressure that they have been under in recent weeks as captain Bruno Fernandes struck in the 90th minute for a 1-0 victory at Fulham in the early Premier League game on Saturday. The game was petering out into a lacklustre stalemate when Fernandes latched on to a loose ball